Example sentences of "[vb base] been numerous [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It reached its present form over a long period of time during which there have been numerous law changes — not all of which have achieved their desired result , as Ian Kirkpatrick , Rutherford 's South African counterpart , was the first to point out . |
| 2 | There have been numerous attempts to mitigate this evil , from non-compulsory science-for-arts and arts-for-scientists , to the uneasy introduction of AS levels , each worth half an A level , to be taken in a wide variety of different subjects , not necessarily related to the student 's main subjects . |
| 3 | Sir , — There have been numerous reports this year of Ipswich Town 's failure to get to grips with the increased demand for tickets . |
| 4 | Military expenditure is at a very high level , and there have been numerous reports , both inside and outside government , which attest to the corruption , inefficiency and massive profits being made in defence contracting . |
| 5 | Although there is to the author 's knowledge no previous research which has investigated relationships between subjective risk when driving and subsequent memory for driving situations , there have been numerous studies which consider the influences on memory of constructs such as mood , arousal or stress . |
| 6 | There have been numerous changes recently to the way unemployment figures are counted , producing a downwards adjustment . |
| 7 | There have been numerous calls for a more positive statement of the right to demonstrate peacefully , perhaps by the incorporation of Article 11 of the ECHR as part of domestic law . |
| 8 | There have been numerous accidents and near-misses on the blind bends . |
| 9 | Predictably , there have been numerous success stories often involving mature women whose domestic commitments had prevented them from returning to employment , who had lost confidence in themselves or , if they were working , had little or no recognition for their linguistic and human management skills . |
| 10 | Radiotherapy has no proved value in the treatment of gastric cancer and while there have been numerous trials of various chemotherapy regimens , none have proved to be valuable either as an adjuvant treatment or for advanced disease . |
| 11 | In recent years , particularly in the US , there have been numerous experiments with new organisational shapes to replace the omnipresent pyramid . |
| 12 | For plants there have been numerous papers on the relationship between growth indicators such as dry weight or leaf area and time . |
| 13 | There have been numerous meetings er between the district , the county and the national park committee on the problems of environmental capacity within those areas . |
| 14 | There have been numerous criticisms of Freud 's theory of the Oedipus complex , and of his implied view of female sexuality . |
| 15 | Undoubtedly there have been numerous policy turnabouts , most noticeably at the time of the Cultural Revolution when forestry resources were misused for unsuitable land reclamation ( Gustafsson , undated ) , which in certain particularly vulnerable areas may have exacerbated the destructive floods of autumn 1981 . |
| 16 | As Amina Okada , the author of this book points out , there have been numerous publications on Mughal art but none that have concentrated on the individual artists . |
| 17 | There have been numerous clashes between land-owners and new-age travllers in the county — last October two farmers lost 10 sheep in several attacks by dogs which they say came from a nearby travellers encampment . |
| 18 | On a local or regional scale , such events can pose serious threats to human health — there have been numerous deaths resulting from the consumption of seafood containing algal toxins . |
| 19 | There have been numerous suggestions over the years that profiles or school reports should be used in conjunction with examination results . |
| 20 | There have been numerous suggestions of increased numbers of racial attacks , many supposedly attributable directly or indirectly to the BNP 's presence , although racial attacks in many parts of London are , and have long been , so numerous ( and usually unreported ) that only a tiny fraction even of the most serious could ever be laid at the BNP 's door . |
| 21 | We 've had various explanations , including the British Post Office telling us that Australia 's strike record is as bad as Britain 's and that there have been numerous disputes that have delayed the mail to that country . |
| 22 | In more recent times there have been numerous entries from Eastern Europe , including a pair of Russian runners in 1961 — Reljef and Grifel . |
| 23 | MI6 remains to this day a secret organisation that does not officially exist despite the fact that in recent years there have been numerous books written about its activities . |
| 24 | There have been numerous examples of varying degrees of seriousness over the years . |
| 25 | When the organisers at Palazzo Grassi , the FIAT Foundation 's Venetian exhibition space , approached the scholar Massimo Pallottino with the suggestion that he organise an exhibition on the Etruscans he expressed surprise : there have been numerous Etruscan shows in Europe since the large touring exhibition of 1955–56 , the most recent being the ‘ Progetto Etrusco ’ in 1985 which involved the whole of Italy . |